World News

3:37 PM
20-November
2009 Famed S. Korean Model Found Dead In Paris Apartment, Victim Of Possible SuicideA famed South Korean model has been found dead in her Paris apartment. Investigators believe the beauty may have hung herself.
Topics: World

2:00 PM
20-November
2009 Obama Appoints First Black American Envoy To The PhilippinesHarry Thomas was nominated on Friday to succeed American envoy Kirstie Kenney, who has held the post in Manila since her appointment in 2006. He will need Senate confirmation before assuming his new role.
Topics: United States, Politics, World

8:18 AM
20-November
2009 First Day Of Filing Draws 20 Presidential Candidates For Philippines' May 2010 ElectionTwenty people registered on Friday as presidential candidates with the Commission on Elections for the Philippines' May 2010 election. Another three people filed certificates of candidacy for senator.
Topics: World

8:06 AM
20-November
2009 Pacquiao Gets Hero's Welcome In Manila Amid Talks Of Marital ProblemsSeven-division boxing title holder Manny Pacquiao got a hero's welcome upon returning home to Manila on Friday. Amid the celebrations, which disrupted life in the national capital region, talks of marital problem continues to hound Pacquiao and his wife Jinkee.
Topics: World

5:45 AM
20-November
2009 Arroyo Proclaims Official Administration Candidates For May 2010 ElectionAmid party hopping by some members of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD coalition, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo proclaimed on Thursday the official administration candidates for the May 2010 national election. They are presidential bet former Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro and vice presidential candidate former Optical Media Board Chairman Edu Manzano.
Topics: World

   

8:36 PM
19-November
2009 Belgian Premier Named First Permanent EU Council PresidentLeaders of the European Union's 27 member states unanimously chose Thursday Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of Europe to serve a two-and-a-half-year term.
Topics: World

5:17 PM
19-November
2009 Report: Toronto Has Potential As Global Financial HubToronto has a potential to be in the league of New York and London as one of the global top 10 financial hubs. To reach that point, Toronto has to improve its competitiveness and initiate measures in several areas, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group released Wednesday.
Topics: Canada, Business, World

5:16 PM
19-November
2009 Filipina Congresswoman Sworn In Two Years After ElectionsThe lone district of Malabon City-Navotas was represented by a new, and according to a tribunal rightful, lawmaker on Thursday, when Josephine Lacson-Noel was sworn in more than two years after she contested election results that declared the incumbent, Alvin Sandoval, winner.
Topics: World, Offbeat

4:32 PM
19-November
2009 Russian High Court Bans Death PenaltyRussia announced on Thursday that it was reaffirming its ban on the death penalty. The announcement came ahead of a January 1 legal suspension date.
Topics: World

4:17 PM
19-November
2009 Harper Prays For World Peace In Hindu TemplesCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ended his three-day visit to India on Wednesday by praying for world peace at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the BAPS Swaminarayam Akshardham Temple.
Topics: Canada, World